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A new report highlighting four Northern Michigan counties shows business and local government leaders are concerned about a lack of attainable workforce housing in the region. The Northern Lakes Economic Alliance is a nonprofit economic development organization covering Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, and Cheboygan counties. Bi-yearly, they release their Economic Pulse Report, where they survey business leaders and local government officials across the four counties.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Wednesday the filing of an antitrust lawsuit against Mackinac Island ferry service provider Hoffmann Marine.
One of the region’s largest private employers and a longtime beacon of northern Michigan recreation is for sale. Crystal Mountain occupies about 1,500 acres in Benzie County’s Thompsonville and employs up to 700 people in peak season. In addition to skiing, the resort offers golf, swimming, tennis, mountain biking and much more.
Christmas tree farm in Michigan
Consumers Energy is working with the Great Lakes Environmental Center this week to remove trapped fish from Tippy Dam’s tumble bay.
Record-setting dry weather across Michigan’s Thumb region has pushed the 2026 row-crop harvest into the history books ahead of schedule. But inside combine cabs from Saginaw Bay to the Ohio border, early relief over swift field progress is quickly giving way to financial calculation. With corn and soybean harvest...
Alro Steel has opened a 524,000-sq.-ft. location in Van Buren Township, Mich., increasing its local inventory and processing capacity. Acquired and renovated over the past year, the metals service center offers carbon structural products, including beams, angles, channels, rectangular tubing, and square tubing. Processing capabilities include saw cutting, miter saw cutting, and robotic structural plasma cutting.
A quarter of one cow here works out to roughly 116 pounds of packaged beef. That’s a lot of tacos, burgers, and Sunday roasts sitting in your freezer. The cattle on this farm eat grass and only grass. No grain, no hormones, no antibiotics. In winter, they munch on hay grown right on the same land.
Detroit’s Hytek has spent years building a reputation for some of the most pungent, flavorful, and consistently potent flower in Michigan. Now Hytek is bringing that same quality to live rosin. Hytek is one of the first brands participating in the inaugural Metro Times Cannabis Week, which runs Nov....
Bojangles, a "Southern chicken" chain, that opened its first Michigan location earlier this year has closed its doors. North Carolina-based Bojangles operates 850 restaurants in 20 states across the United States through the company and franchises. The only Michigan location, operated by Meritage Hospitality, closed the only restaurant in the state at 1730 28th St. in Wyoming. The restaurant is no longer listed on the Bojangles website and is shown as permanently closed in a Google search. The Bojangles opened on Feb. 3 this year. Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. , one of the nation’s largest restaurant operators, on Friday, Sept. 17, announced that it had voluntarily filed petitions for relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan. Meritage, based at 45 Ottawa Ave. SW in Grand Rapids, had 314 Wendy’s, one Bojangles and five independently branded dining concepts across 15 states, according to a release about the bankruptcy filing. The Meritage website no longer lists Bojangles among its operations. “We are disappointed that our Grand Rapids restaurant has closed as a result of financial challenges facing Meritage Hospitality Group, the parent company of our franchisee, Chicken Ventures," the company said in a statement to the
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has issued a consumer alert urging homeowners considering solar panels to review the contract before signing.
What process does the farm use to prepare trees for customers?. How many trees does Robinson’s Family Christmas Tree Farm grow annually?. Why does Robinson’s Family Christmas Tree Farm need cold weather for tree quality?. GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- With the holiday season right around the...
The first of five local property tax cutoffs for older homeowners lands Dec. 1, when West Virginia’s window for a $20,000 homestead exemption closes. Michigan’s Ann Arbor follows with a Dec. 14 poverty-exemption deadline, then New York’s Town of Conklin and Florida’s Pinellas County on March 1 and Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on March 15. Each... The post Senior homeowners in West Virginia, Michigan, New York, Florida and Rhode Island face property tax exemption deadlines running from Dec. 1, 2026 to March 15, 2027 appeared first on The Financial Wire .
Traverse City buyers found more choices, lower asking prices, and extra time to decide as the market shifted in their favor.
A lawsuit filed by Zeeland Township that aims to see Michigan’s Public Act 233 declared unconstitutional has been remanded to Ottawa County’s 20th Circuit Court. RWE , the global energy company named as the lawsuit's defendant, “removed" the case to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan in August shortly after the initial complaint was filed July 7. The case was temporarily assigned to Judge Paul L. Maloney. RWE has a pending application for Silver Maple Solar, a large-scale solar development, before the Michigan Public Service Commission. The project would be located in Zeeland and Jamestown Townships near the Ottawa Executive Airport. Maloney granted the municipality's motion to remand the case to Ottawa County's 20th Circuit Court on Nov. 10. “First, any decision by this court regarding whether Public Act 233 violates the Michigan Constitution is not binding on (state) courts, so exercising jurisdiction here would not be useful,” Maloney wrote. “Second, exercising jurisdiction over this action would not be fair. The court will not cross the line into state sovereignty by exercising jurisdiction over a case that involves purely questions of state law, especially when many of those questions require interpreting a state constitution.” As of
Two federal lawsuits argue Proposal 2, the voter-approved ban on utility campaign spending, violates the First Amendment. The measure is set to take effect Dec. 3 unless a court blocks it.
Michigan has been awarded a $6.6 million federal grant to help dislocated workers train and secure employment in growing technical industries.
Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois set winter utility shutoff limits; Ohio's runs to April 16 and Minnesota's to April 30. See who qualifies.
MICHIGAN (WJRT) - General Motors is embarking on its largest renewable-energy project to date through a new partnership to power its Michigan manufacturing operations. Company officials announced Thursday that the automaker is serving as the primary customer for two new utility-scale solar facilities in Branch and St. Clair counties. According...
JACKSON, MI – The Home Builders Association of Jackson, Hillsdale & Lenawee has been named Local of the Year by the Home Builders Association of Michigan during its Leadership in Housing Advocacy Awards, recognizing the association’s resurgence, revitalized programs and growing impact throughout the region. According to the...
